Interfaith Cooperation in America on Behalf of the DP Acts, 1948–1950
The article deals with interfaith collaboration in the United States for the enactment of emergency legislation for the admission of 400,000 Displaced Persons. It discusses the forces that shaped the activities of church-related organizations in postwar America, evaluates the particular interests of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1994
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 1994, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 75-93 |
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| Summary: | The article deals with interfaith collaboration in the United States for the enactment of emergency legislation for the admission of 400,000 Displaced Persons. It discusses the forces that shaped the activities of church-related organizations in postwar America, evaluates the particular interests of the various religious agencies, depicts the bitter interfaith struggle in the campaign to amend the DP act, and draws conclusions as to the outcome of this cooperation. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/8.1.75 |